Purpose
Import planned costs (periodic values) from SAP to EcoSys as transactions. These come from the SAP table COEJ (CO Line Items by Fiscal Year).
Main inputs
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Forecast type: Use PLANNED for planned costs.
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Version in EcoSys where forecasts are saved.
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One or both of:
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List of cost objects to import (external IDs).
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List of cost object category values to import (matching root cost objects are included).
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Include additional structures: Flag that indicates WBS elements only (False) or WBS, networks, network activities, activity elements, and work orders (True).
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For PLANNED forecast, all planned costs are imported, regardless of the planned date.
Optional inputs
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SAP version: Specifies the VERSION value in SAP on which to filter. The default is to include all. This filter applies only when the forecast type is PLANNED.
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Value multiplier (set to -1 if incoming revenue values are negative)
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Commit batch size: Indicates the number of cost line items to commit in one API request when importing large projects from SAP to EcoSys. If nothing is specified, the default value is 500.
Refer to the section on Project/WBS Key Mappings for details on how these elements correspond to each other.
Format
<parameters>
<parameter name="forecastType">PLANNED</parameter>
<parameter name="version">Plan/Revenue</parameter>
<parameter name="sapVersion">000</parameter>
<parameter name="commitBatchSize">500</parameter>
<parameter name="costObjectExternalIds">
<id>N-10007-C</id>
<id>N-10008-C</id>
</parameter>
<parameter name="costObjectCategories">
<category type="SAP Import">YES</category>
</parameter>
</parameters>